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The Case of the YouTube Motivational Speakers as Hustlers: The Privatization of Hope in Neoliberal India

Theory & Research The precarization of life and work in a neoliberal and increasingly authoritarian society has led to the creation of a new class of creative entrepreneurs: the YouTube motivational speakers

By Sagorika Singha

Beyond Molotovs: A Visual Handbook of Anti-Authoritarian Strategies

In Perspective The new volume from IRGAC and kollektiv orangotango brings together more than 50 first-hand accounts of anti-authoritarian movements, activists, artists, and scholars from around the world, focusing on the sensuous and emotional dimension of their strategies

By Börries Nehe and Aurel Eschmann

Authoritarian Capitalism, Violence, and Resistance In Times of Collapse

Theory & Research In April 2023, IRGAC and the Seminar on Subjectivity and Critical Theory (Seminario Subjetividad y Teoría Crítica, SSCT) of the Graduate School of Sociology at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico) met for a “South–South” dialogue, exchanging findings and experiences regarding the dynamics of the multiple global crises. This dossier presents some of the insights that have emerged from this encounter

By Inés Durán Matute, Börries Nehe and Rogelio Regalado Mujica

Seeing Authoritarianism from the South

In Perspective Reflections on Five Years of Work of the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies

By Börries Nehe and Jan-David Echterhoff

(Re)thinking contemporary authoritarianism

Theory & Research Colloquium held at the Gino Germani Research Institute of the Faculty of Social Sciences, at the University of Buenos Aires, brought together different research groups and projects dedicated to investigating the relationship between authoritarianism, democracy, and neoliberalism

By Gustavo Robles